[Sinfulfate]

I'll help. I picked up my order today and am on the same part I think. Then we can exotic sword his ass down! Boom! I should be able to do it in probably 3 hours or so.

I'm at work now so I wont be on till this evening around 5:30PM EST

[GLOCKGLOCK]

Lucked out and found a nice raid group last night on LFG and was able to finish the entire raid in just under 3 hours!  Probably not any type of speed record for people here who have finished it, but since I had never been past Golgoroth I was pretty happy to get it done in a reasonable time frame.  Got the Warlock Chest from Golgoroth and then the Assault Rifle and Hand Cannon from Oryx.  All 305s which gets me just a few points short of 300.  Once I complete the exotic sword quest tonight I can finally decode these exotics I have been holding.

 

Speaking of that, if you are all going for the same sword can you all complete the quest on the same run?  I am trying to finish the void sword if that is the case.  I know io was trying to finish that one too.  If we could kill 2 (or 3) birds with one stone that would be nice.

 

I'm down for some Black Spindle hunting once I finish that.  Did they confirm that they changed the light level that it drops at to 290 from the 310 it was dropping at last week? 

[Flacksguy]

According to Reddit, it is still dropping at 310, and its one per character.

[BrolyB593]

I checked last night before I went to bed and you can still get a Black Spindle from your blueprints at 300. I imagine you cannot get it twice on the same character though right? If so I will be doing this on my Warlock to hopefully get another 310 to infuse into stuff. I really wish I could infuse stuff into my Black Spindle right now but I am holding off until everything is patched, I don't want to waste anything.

 

*edit*

 

Looks like I am trying again with my Warlock then! Not really excited to do it all over again though haha but I hope since everyone is a higher level and now I have my the extra damage to Taken primary it should be a bit more manageable. Now to figure out what to use it on... I actually scored a 310 Invective last night from an exotic engram but I am saving that for once Black Spindle is fixed so I can level it up. I have either Tolesto, Jabberhakke Sidearm or I was looking at getting the Vanguard Sniper.. All of them then I could get to 308 with the Spindle... I want to do it with a legendary I think so either the sidearm or sniper and with all the boss killing probably sniper would be best?

[paintballers]

I'm down to get the black spindle if we get a fire team of similar light levels together, will also raid I'm currently light level 296.  Check my bio for gamertag if you haven't added me already!

 

 

[io]

Lost to Light is the Daily again, anyone going to try for the Black Spindle?

I'll give it another try, with a different approach this time. ( Bubble Titan/Weapons of Light & swords).
But I'm not spending all night on it.

Bah - I spent 2 hours on this with a group from LFG trying to do this when I was supposed to be asleep.- from 4 to 6am.  Pro tip - if your group isn't taking the initial ogre out without the adds spawning, you aren't going to clear it.  Though one time we had TWO minutes left to clear the adds at the end and still didn't get it done.  These guys didn't believe in revive, even though I had my fast revive helm.  So I'd sit there for 20+ seconds at the end (after I used my super to clear half the room and revive one of them) watching them slowly killing things (and dying) instead of getting me up so I could Zhalo Supercell the adds.  And they'd forget about the orbs.  I just really want to knock tis out with a competent group.

 

Apparently if you know how to Titan hammer spam this is very easy.  Both guys I was with tried that and failed miserably - didn't knock the boss down more than 1/10 OR clear any adds with dual hammer spams.

 

I just got my exotic sword order fulfilled (I'm on the final step) and am titan. I'll be going for it.

 

 

I'll be down for that. I also need to do the Sunless Cell strike to get my 2 exotic swords so if anyone else needs that I'll be doing that too.

 

How many black spindle's can you get? is it just one per character?

Like Glock I have the Void one.  If 3 of us have that I think we can do it together.  I've done the strike helping someone else get their sword last week so I know how to do it.  It is MUCH easier than the Daily story thing that's for sure.  You kill the other two knights, whittle the void guy down to 1/5 or so, then do the same to Alak-Hul.  Then take them both out with supers (or whatever).

 

I think it is just one Spindle, but you have a chance for the ship multiple times I think.

[aFrostyONE]

Apparently if you know how to Titan hammer spam this is very easy.  Both guys I was with tried that and failed miserably - didn't knock the boss down more than 1/10 OR clear any adds with dual hammer spams.

Hammer spam got patched with today's Hot Fix.

Never tried it myself but saw it used against me... couldn't help but laugh.

[Fearia]

I got my sword knocked out. I'm going to take a nap and then should be up for spindle goodness.

[io]

Hammer spam got patched with today's Hot Fix.

Never tried it myself but saw it used against me... couldn't help but laugh.

Damn, that's too bad.  I mean I get why they fixed it quick for PvP but it would have been nice to use in this mission.  People were using it to beat the Story right after reset.

 

If anyone wants to try the story or do the sword quest strike post here or send me a message on Xbox Live.  I have to work for a bit, but can jump on for a run or two if needed.  It may be best to do the exotic sword before for the story mission - when I beat it last week 1 minute after reset 2 guys had the exotic and destroyed the boss.

[io]

Gah - finally... Got the Black Spindle and was surprised it still drops at 310 after the hot fix.  I thought they were going to nerf it?  If I knew for sure that they were I'd infuse it into my 304 Raid shotgun.  But if not, I'd rather keep it at 310.  I did buy a few 300's to infuse into other gear - too bad it is only for the secondary slot though.  I also got my Void exotic sword!

 

So I've had a pretty productive 3 days of Destiny after the fiascos of last week: on Monday beat the Raid; on Tuesday got 45 fragments and acquired Touch of Malice; on Wednesday got the Black Spindle and Dark Drinker.

 

Next up is to finish the endgame with my Titan (complete the Raid, get my solar sword, etc).  And I just barely started the story with my Hunter so lots to do there.

 

Spindle nerf was mentioned by Deej here:

 

https://www.bungie.n...t/155921520/0/0

 

That was a week ago - I'm surprised it didn't come with today's patch then.  I may be raiding tonight so I'll probably keep it for that and then infuse it into my shotgun if I don't the Raid sniper.  Please, game, give me the Raid sniper!

[BrolyB593]

Gah, I thought I clicked post on this last one but I apparently didn't.

 

Whateverrr

 

My buddy who just picked up TTK last week wanted me to help him with the Black Spindle since he obviously wasn't here for it last time. I wanted another 310 drop so I could do more infusing so I agree and used my Warlock this time around to get the drop again. Linkin graciously stayed awake past what he planned to help us out and it was honestly an absolute breeze. Linkin and I had our strategy down pat from last time and we blazed through the whole thing like it was nothing. We beat the whole thing and got our Spindles with 2 whole minutes to spare! I was so stoked to go through it so easily this time around! : )

 

I bought the Vanguard 1000-Yard Stare since I have not gotten a better roll on a high impact sniper and then buffed it up all the way to 300 and then used my new Spindle to bring it to 308. Now I can stay at my max light level and have either a legendary shotgun OR a sniper equipped at 308 in my special slot and then still obviously have a 310 exotic primary or heavy equipped. I am glad to have that since I felt gimped for range sometimes having only my scout for distance encounters and then both a shotgun and sword for the others. Now I can comfortably swap without dropping a single light level! : D

[GLOCKGLOCK]

Nice, so you can get a 310 spindle on each character every time the mission is the daily (at least until they nerf/patch it)?

 

I was able to finish up my Exotic Sword quest and then Sinful, FlatLine and myself were able to get the Black Spindle!  Only took 2 tries this time around.  First time we beat the boss with 4 minutes left but couldn't get the adds in time.  Next time we followed the strategy that I think Broly posted last time: cleared adds/blight first, then rushed the boss, dropped bubbles on him and layed into him with 3 exotic swords.  We lucked out a bit because he got stuck under the stairs. We only had a couple minutes to clear adds but we had sword ammo left and got it done with 30 seconds left.  I'm going to keep my 310 spindle for now.  I had been using a 300 Hereafter as my go to sniper but might switch it up for the Spindle.  EDIT - just read that Deej post about the Spindle nerf.  Maybe I should just infuse my Hereafter.  If they would adjust the LL of the existing 310 spindle in my inventory that would stink big time.

 

After that collected some hadium flakes to push my Touch of Malice quest ahead and started working on the fragments I still need.  Kind of sucks you cannot tell which fragments you have on each character, but I can probably back into the number with the lists posted.

 

I am all over the board on those Taken War quests.  Did most with my Titan, but now got my raid clear on my Warlock so have to catch up with her.  Which specific quests do you have to complete to get the 310 class item?  Just the Taken war quests with the Oryx emblem on them or do you have to do the Petra one as well?

[BrolyB593]

Nice, so you can get a 310 spindle on each character every time the mission is the daily (at least until they nerf/patch it)?

 

I was able to finish up my Exotic Sword quest and then Sinful, FlatLine and myself were able to get the Black Spindle!  Only took 2 tries this time around.  First time we beat the boss with 4 minutes left but couldn't get the adds in time.  Next time we followed the strategy that I think Broly posted last time: cleared adds/blight first, then rushed the boss, dropped bubbles on him and layed into him with 3 exotic swords.  We lucked out a bit because he got stuck under the stairs. We only had a couple minutes to clear adds but we had sword ammo left and got it done with 30 seconds left.  I'm going to keep my 310 spindle for now.  I had been using a 300 Hereafter as my go to sniper but might switch it up for the Spindle. 

 

After that collected some hadium flakes to push my Touch of Malice quest ahead and started working on the fragments I still need.  Kind of sucks you cannot tell which fragments you have on each character, but I can probably back into the number with the lists posted.

 

I am all over the board on those Taken War quests.  Did most with my Titan, but now got my raid clear on my Warlock so have to catch up with her.  Which specific quests do you have to complete to get the 3`0 class item?  Just the Taken war quests with the Oryx emblem on them or do you have to do the Petra one as well?

Yeah you can get a 310 Spindle once per character. 

 

I just keep infusing the 310 spindle into stuff and refuse to infuse the 300 blueprint one until everything is situated myself.

 

In terms of the Hadium Flakes it sucks doesn't it?! I love how we complain about the material farming, they acknowledge it is terrible and fix it and then introduce the same shit as before here. Plus you need Hadium Flakes to level up the Touch of Malice so be sure you still keep farming those.

 

I am the same way with my Taken War stuff due to multiple characters. I haven't gotten the 310 piece yet for it but I am just going to do the Taken War quests until I reach one that requires the three pieces just like the Hunger Pangs Quest Line. It is after you finish that that you get the 310 piece. When that is I am not sure but from what I have read it is once you finish all the quest lines with the "Taken War" title.  

[gotdott]

I havent had issues farming hadium flakes - I thought the patch just addressed those abusing leaving the area? I average 25 flakes in about 10-15 minutes which is slightly better than my luck with helium filaments at least.

 

Finally got a raid ghost drop yesterday and it was a 300. Then I got a shotgun drop and it was 300 .  

[VendettaXBL]

Been on vacation and been off and on and kind of lurking around here lately.

 

Got my raids in last week.  RNG was good.  Hunter with bonus drop got:  Hand Cannon, Scout, Shotty, Helmet.  Warlock wasn't as lucky but got the helm there as well.  Been working to get my Titan raid ready, pretty much there

 

Last night ran the raid and got arms and boots so I could get the Bone Marrow shader.  Looks pretty cool on my hunter.  Was happy to get the class item finally as well.  Only 1 gun and of course it had to be my 3rd Shotgun....

 

Finished off my Touch of Malice & Ace of Spades exotic quests as well.  Now working on my sword.  Been kinda slacking there

 

 

EDIT: Ace of Spades...  

[GLOCKGLOCK]

I havent had issues farming hadium flakes - I thought the patch just addressed those abusing leaving the area? I average 25 flakes in about 10-15 minutes which is slightly better than my luck with helium filaments at least.

 

Finally got a raid ghost drop yesterday and it was a 300. Then I got a shotgun drop and it was 300 .  

What run do you do for that many flakes? 

 

I haven't had any real issue with the flake farming other than the fact that like Broly said, they acknowledged that farming sucked, fixed it then brought it back for some reason.  The planetary material farming for the sword is far more tedious because the drop rate is so low.  At least on the dreadnaught if you find a chest you are at least guaranteed 1 flake. I guess the place to farm the spinmetal is the rocketyard so I'll have to do that soon and I still haven't unlocked the solar sword yet because I have been slacking on my Hunter big time.

 

I must have the opposite RNG luck that you have, all I get are Ghosts, but have only pulled 1 Secondary/Heavy and it was a 300 fusion rifle that I used to get my Hereafter to 300 to help my dps for warpriest, golgo, deathsinger and oryx.

[gotdott]

What run do you do for that many flakes? 

 

I haven't had any real issue with the flake farming other than the fact that like Broly said, they acknowledged that farming sucked, fixed it then brought it back for some reason.  The planetary material farming for the sword is far more tedious because the drop rate is so low.  At least on the dreadnaught if you find a chest you are at least guaranteed 1 flake. I guess the place to farm the spinmetal is the rocketyard so I'll have to do that soon and I still haven't unlocked the solar sword yet because I have been slacking on my Hunter big time.

 

I must have the opposite RNG luck that you have, all I get are Ghosts, but have only pulled 1 Secondary/Heavy and it was a 300 fusion rifle that I used to get my Hereafter to 300 to help my dps for warpriest, golgo, deathsinger and oryx.

Just Breach to Mausoleum and back. There's usually around 5-6 chests in an instance so two clears nets you 20-24 and it really doesn't take very long with Keen Scout once you know where all the possible spawns are.

 

Farming for my solar sword was the worst since I had scrapped my helium finding ghost and the speaker wasn't selling one (he is this week though)

[io]

 

I am the same way with my Taken War stuff due to multiple characters. I haven't gotten the 310 piece yet for it but I am just going to do the Taken War quests until I reach one that requires the three pieces just like the Hunger Pangs Quest Line. It is after you finish that that you get the 310 piece. When that is I am not sure but from what I have read it is once you finish all the quest lines with the "Taken War" title.  

I cleared the Raid on my Titan and when everyone went to get their 310 artifact I was like, crap, I don't have that quest.  So apparently I'm in the same boat.  I think I have to kill the centurion at the bottom of the Warsat next?  I also have some Taken War stuff to do (but definitely also have Hunger Pangs open).  Hopefully the 3 things you get from the Raid carry over and I can just finish that quest immediately once I do the precursor steps.

 

RNG has been OK, but not great on this Raid.  I've gotten 4 ghost shells (300. 303., 307, 307) while I know some other people that are still looking for one after 3-4 Raids.  On the other hand, I have yet to get a single drop from 4 or 5 War Priest kills.   I really wanted to get the Raid sniper so I could infuse my Black Spindle into it.  I may have to do a 1000 Yard stare instead, or just make my raid shotty 310.

 

I've only gotten 1 drop from 3 Gorgoroth kills, though it was a good one: 310 chest for my Warlock.  I've gotten the shotgun (304, 305) twice from the Sisters.

 

Then Oryx... Beat him twice, both times with 20 moldering shards getting consumed.  The first time I got the hand cannon and maybe an arm piece (not sure since it was in the post and I didn't see it on the ground after the fight so it could have come from an earlier part).  I had a bit better luck last night: got the Titan chest (though at a crappy 300), the scout rifle (306) and the auto rifle (302).  Two of the guys we got from LFG were convinced you are supposed to get FOUR drops when using the shards.  BS, as I can attest.  I was thrilled with the 3 since I only got 2 that first time.

 

I switched up my play style and used the Raid hand cannon/black spindle combo for the first parts.  I was trying to do the same for Oryx but only getting 3 shots off and then spending so long to reload was a pain.  We weren't staggering Oryx the first few times.  So I switched up to using Touch of Malice and 100-Yard Stare and we staggered him easily the first time I did that.  We had one guy with a crappy, laggy connection that kept getting booted over and over.  Finally he quit and we got another 6th and beat it pretty easily at that point.

 

I may be doing the Raid again tonight with my Hunter and if so I'd like to keep my Black Spindle at 310 for that.  I really wish I knew if/when they were really going to nerf it.  But after that I'll probably just infuse it into my 1000-Yard Stare.  It is tempting to do the Raid shotty but I never actually use that during the Raid since snipers are so crucial.  Once they do nerf it, I have a 310 Invective that I can infuse into a post-nerf Black Spindle to get one back at 308.  Thing is, you don't want to do that before as they may auto-nerf all Black Spindles down 20 light levels even if they've been infused.  Like I said, I really wish they'd clarify what they are going to do.

 

I need to clean up all those final quests on my Titan and I have a LOT of work to do on my Hunter.  I just cleared the base story with her last night and haven't done any of the extra stuff yet nor made much of any progress on the new subclass.

[ajh2298]

Anyone want to set something up for tomorrow night around 10:30 PM est? I still need to finish the Nightfall quest and I am always willing to do anything else. I havent been able to play all week so i am itching to play. Currently sitting at 292 warlock with my best gear on.

[BrolyB593]

New Iron Banner and ToO details seem pretty solid and should please just about everyone!

 

https://www.bungie.n.../News?aid=13642

 

 

Also, that Hunter Cloak on the splash image with the wolf pelt.... 

[io]

I'm just glad neither is starting for a few more weeks.  Whew...

[BrolyB593]

I'm just glad neither is starting for a few more weeks.  Whew...

I am going to be out of town next weekend too and so I was extra worried it was going to be earlier!

 

I have a decent PvP loadout right now on my Hunter though so I am pretty set. The Raid Scout actually does really nice damage in PvP too I found out the other day when messing around.

[simosaurus]

I got as far as the sisters in the raid the other night. Anyone around tonight who could help me wrap this up?

[BrolyB593]

Just did random odds and ends last night. Managed to get 41 of my Fragments now.

 

I did not realize that the Tier 3 Court of Oryx changes weekly and so I am locked out of those 2 fragments from the previous weeks until they are available again and there are 3 that have not been discovered yet/ made available. So that means I need to go into the Raid and get the missing 4 Fragments that I do not have and so I will have JUST enough to get the Touch of Malice.

 

Linkin and I popped into CoO to at least grab the new Tier 3 this week then and we only had one other guy randomly there and we managed to beat it three times, once for each of us. I thought the mechanics seemed pretty straight forward but then we noticed our random kept hunting down the one named acolyte so perhaps there is a step we were missing that he just did for us.

 

Kind of bummed Xur has more helmet engrams, not sure if I will buy many. I have already gotten a 310 Graviton Forfeit two times. I suppose I can hope for a good roll on a new Light Beyond Nemesis. Also I thought it seemed as though I was only getting exotics for the class in which I was decrypting them. It worked for my first 8 armor engrams but the other night I used a helmet one on my Warlock and got a Hunter one. Has there been any official word on this or is it truly random even by class and I just was super lucky at first? If that is the case I will get more Helmet Engrams and open them on my Warlock or Hunter and hope they turn into a 310 Titan Helmet. 

 

 

Oh! And I got your message Chubby about the Raid tonight but totally spaced on replying sorry. I was already looking at getting the Raid done tonight hopefully and already have a handful of people so I am not sure if I will be able to help out or not. Best of luck though either way!!

[GLOCKGLOCK]

Ran through Golgoroth through the Deathsingers last night on my Titan with some LFG people.  Only drop I got was a 303 class item so pretty meh there.  Did a few runs at Oryx but it was late and at least half the people were still learning the fight.  One of the guys leading us kept getting frustrated with the wipes and the other just wasn't that great at explaining what to do and neither were very vocal when giving direction during the last 2 battles.  On my clear the other night the leader was very vocal and called out everything that was happening and who was supposed to be doing what so that was very helpful.  I will say that while this raid is about dps, the battles are all very scripted.  Once you know what to do its just about executing and getting to the right spot to dps in time. 

 

I'd definitely advise anyone who is running it for the first time to do your homework on the Deathsinger and Oryx battles.  I think the Totems, Warpriest and Golgoroth can be taught on the fly, but the last 2 battles might not be that easy to grasp especially if you have others with you who have already completed it and/or frustrate easily (basically the majority of the people you meet on LFG, lol).  At least at Oryx you can use the same runner each time but the Deathsingers is random so you need to know what to do there.  Good thing it only takes 3 platforming parts at that part.

[io]

I got as far as the sisters in the raid the other night. Anyone around tonight who could help me wrap this up?

Yeah like Glock said those last two parts aren't bad once everyone knows what is going on.

 

I also can't emphasize enough how much Touch of Malice helps here.  I cleared the Raid on my Warlock on Monday, then got ToM for my Titan clear (Weds) and Hunter clear (Thurs).  I wasn't even using it properly until we wiped several times last night.  I have always gotten in the habit of firing it until the clip was almost done and then reloading since you start losing health on the last bullet.

 

What I didn't full understand was that you can keep shooting on that last bullet without reloading (and it is auto-fire to boot).  Your health keeps going down the whole time, however.  But when you are in the relic bubble you do not take damage so you can continuously fire the entire time doing bonus damage and without reloading.  So freaking OP.

 

I was the floater on Oryx so I didn't have to run to the ogre bubbles.  As soon as I got into the relic bubble I would empty my clip so I was down to the bonus damage, mow down adds, help stagger Oryx, then mow down more adds while the others went to their ogre bubbles.  Then I would just lay into Oryx.  Even as my squishy Hunter last night (light level 294 or so - just barely cleared the story with her so far) I was doing nearly 1500 per shot with pretty rapid auto-fire.  Black Spindle, meanwhile, only got me 4000 or so and was just 3 shots followed by reload since there is no crit spot on Oryx (or it is very hard to hit if it is there).  Mowing down adds with Touch of Malice cut down on the bubble runners dying, which often screwed us up on the earlier runs.

 

We had a lot of glitches in the Raid last night (thanks Bungie!) but once I mastered the DPS with ToM we mitigated those a bit by making sure we did it in 4 rounds.  Any extra rounds just invite glitches.  One glitch that happened 3 or 4 times was that the ogre bubbles disappeared on us.  1 or 2 you might attribute to someone accidentally running into it on the way - but no, all 4 were gone when the guys went to get them.  That is akin to the sword disappearing at Crota.  The glitches cost us at least 3 perfect runs we were on and added 1 1/2-2 hours to our attempt last night - kind of pissed about that.

 

Now you have to be really careful using Touch of Malice when you are transported into Oryx's Dome of Death since you can't regen health there.  I haven't maxed mine out yet, so I don't have the perk for restoring health when getting 3 rapid kills.  You could probably use that to kill the adds in the dome.   But you need hadium flakes for ToM upgrades and I was all out!  (Also a helm that regens health on orb pickup would be nice for there - I was woefully unprepared on my Hunter...)

 

I got meh gear once again, though I did finally get the pulse rifle.  I also got the Hunter cloak which is kind of cool I guess.  The only armor I got from it was arms and my Hunter already had 310 Don't Touch Me's.  So just like on my Warlock the game gave me raid gear for the one slot that I already have a 310 for.  D'oh!  Also, the War Priest continues to shut me out.  I think I have 5 kills at that point in the Raid (different chars, different weeks so all loot drops) and have not gotten a single thing from him.  That's where the Raid heavy weapons drop.  I also have yet to get the Raid sniper so I guess my Black Spindle will get infused into a 1000-Yard Stare.  But I have gotten two shotguns - so much for smart RNG...

 

On the flip side, I have gotten FIVE ghost shells with my latest coming at 308.  I know others that haven't gotten any which is bizarre since it can come from like 3 different places (mine last night came from Oryx - with 20 moldering shards I got the shell, the pulse, and a second hand cannon).  What is nice is that I now have a 308 and two 307's so I don't have to swap those around every time I switch characters.

 

Also kind of sucks that if you haven't gotten the King's Fall quest you have to do the Raid all over again.  I finally got to that point with my Titan after I cleared it, and now I have to go kill War Priest, Golgoroth, and Oryx again before I can get my 310 artifact.

 

One last thing: I was able to be the runner as a Hunter.  It is SO much easier than the other two classes, especially the Titan.  I dread going back through there with my Titan but we actually cleared Deathsingers when I had to run on my Hunter so that was nice.

 

PS - I'm going to meet a few of the people I raid with IRL in a few minutes here!  That should be interesting.  (For those that know them through me: it is CHammer, Foxy Chicken, and AKDevilDog).

[io]

Last night I played Mayhem Clash for the first time.  It is a great mode for sword kills.  I didn't know about the trick of leveling a second sword on a character that already got the exotic.  That allows you to skip the Crucible and Ecthar (or whatever he is called) parts and go right to the material farming.  I will do that for the arc sword but it was too late for my solar.   So I had to do the kills again on my Titan this time.

 

The good thing is that instead of using my new solar legendary sword, I was able to use my exotic void one from my Warlock to get the kills needed for the solar sword quest.   Having the RT attack, and playing Mayhem where the heavy comes frequently and the action is pretty chaotic, makes it easier and, well, actually, fun.  I got half my kills in just one game, but then it took a few more to finish it out.  Meanwhile I was working on my FWC kills and wins for the exotic rag for my Titan.

 

Farming for the sword parts on the Moon was a pain though.  I did the relic iron one for the Void sword and while it was bad, the helium one seems far worse.  I only got 2 of the 10 to drop in an hour or so.  I think the relic iron one only took me 2 hours total.  Ugh.

 

Depending on how the farming goes, I ought to have two swords to get next armsday so if any others here need to do the special Sunless Cell strike on Wednesday hit me up.

[io]

Newly found secret room in the piston jumping part of the Raid:

 

https://www.bungie.n...t/159087089/0/0

 

I don't think anyone has figured out what to do up there yet though.

[BrolyB593]

Last night I played Mayhem Clash for the first time.  It is a great mode for sword kills.  I didn't know about the trick of leveling a second sword on a character that already got the exotic.  That allows you to skip the Crucible and Ecthar (or whatever he is called) parts and go right to the material farming.  I will do that for the arc sword but it was too late for my solar.   So I had to do the kills again on my Titan this time.

 

Damn!
 

I spend my time yesterday doing all the stuff on my Warlock for her exotic sword. Had I known I could have skipped it all I would have just thrown it onto my hunter. Oh well, now when I get the solar sword on my Titan I will most definitely give it to my Hunter so I can skip those first steps! 

 

I finally got around to doing the Banshee exotic scout quest on my Warlock then since I was playing with her and it is alright. It really does not have anything that makes it feel like it is worth an Exotic slot though. The perks are decent and it looks cool but other than that I am fairly unimpressed.

[simosaurus]

I finally got around to doing the Banshee exotic scout quest on my Warlock then since I was playing with her and it is alright. It really does not have anything that makes it feel like it is worth an Exotic slot though. The perks are decent and it looks cool but other than that I am fairly unimpressed.

When I first got Tlaloc I was also unimpressed. It's not good if you are playing with the arc or void subclasses where you are constantly casting your super. But if you're a sunsinger and holding your super for the self-res, it makes sense and the reload and stability buffs are quite nice.